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| Varying Form of Title: | Greater Environmental Protection Agency enforcement and reporting are needed to enhance cleanup at Department of Defense sites
Greater EPA enforcement and reporting are needed to enhance cleanup at DOD sites
Defense superfund sites
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| Other uniform titles: | ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection.
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| Notes: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.
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| Summary: | Prior to the 1980s and the passage of environmental legislation--particularly the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) governing environmental cleanup--Department of Defense (DOD) activities contaminated millions of acres of soil and water on and near DOD sites. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which enforces CERCLA, places the most contaminated sites on its National Priorities List (NPL) and requires that they be cleaned up in accordance with CERCLA. EPA has placed 140 DOD sites on the NPL. Disputes have recently arisen between EPA and DOD on agreements to clean up some of these sites. In addition, most sites were placed on the NPL before 1991; since fiscal year 2000, EPA has added five DOD sites. In this context, we agreed to determine (1) the extent of EPA's oversight during assessment and cleanup at DOD sites and (2) why EPA has proposed fewer DOD sites for the NPL since the early 1990s. GAO interviewed officials at EPA and DOD and reviewed site file documentation at four EPA regions.
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| Other form: | Print version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Superfund
Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Superfund. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest,[2004] CIS 2009 J942-286
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| GPO item no.: | 0546-D (online)
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| Govt.docs classification: | GA 1.13:GAO-09-278
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